BY ALYSSA OURSLER It was a long-kept family secret that Lijia Zhang’s grandmother was sold to a brothel at the age of 14. Zhang—a factory-worker-turned-writer who has penned articles for The [ … ]
Podcast: Queer culture, perception, and representation within China
On the first episode of the second season of the NüVoices podcast, Alice Xin Liu and Sophie Lu are joined by Alex Li, senior editor at Vice China. Alex has [ … ]
DC Event recap: Uyghur women on the ongoing human rights crisis in their homeland
BY NICOLE MORGRET The first panel event of the new Washington DC Nuvoices chapter was held last week, providing the perspective of two Uyghur women on the ongoing human rights crisis in [ … ]
Podcast: All-female improv group “Beijing Broads”
In the 10th episode of the NüVoices Podcast, Alice Xin Liu and Sophie Lu interview Anete and Silvia — members of the all-female improv group Beijing Broads! Comprising participants from [ … ]
Q&A with NüVoices board member Karoline Kan, author of Under Red Skies
In her debut book, Under Red Skies: The Life and Times of a Chinese millennial, former New York Times reporter Karoline Kan offers a deeply personal and powerful portrait of China’s [ … ]
NüVoices DC Event: Life under Chinese Rule in Xinjiang
The Chinese state has forced at least 1.5 million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims into “reeducation” camps since 2017, and new reports of torture, forced labor, and cultural genocide emerge [ … ]
Meet the queer women organizers of Shanghai’s LGBTQ community
BY JOHANNA M. COSTIGAN When I first met Ting Ting Liang at her bar in Shanghai, she came across as fast but attentive, caring but assertive. Walking in, she lights a [ … ]
Our top five episodes: Feminist Chinese-language podcast Loud Murmurs celebrates its anniversary on International Women’s Day
BY AFRA WANG On International Women’s Day 2018, four women came together to launch Loud Murmurs, a Chinese-language podcast on American popular culture discussing the latest movies, TV shows, documentaries, and more. [ … ]
NüVoices invites you to our London Launch Wanel “Being feminist in China: Gender issues across generations”
NüVoices invites you to our London launch wanel (women panel) on feminism in China from generational, cultural and intersectional perspectives. Years after Mao proclaimed that women “hold up half the [ … ]
Women experts discuss gender issues and how to build successful China-related careers in London Wanel
BY RICCARDO COCIANI AND JESSIE LAU NüVoices London, in partnership with Young China Watchers London, kicked off the Year of the Pig on Feb. 20 with a China-related careers wanel (women [ … ]
NüVoices of the Diaspora: An evening of storytelling in NYC
NüVoices of the Diaspora is an evening filled with storytelling by artists and by the community, headlined by both young and veteran luminaries of Asian American writing and performance art. Muna Tseng, [ … ]
NüVoices and YCW London invites you to our China careers wanel
Young China Watchers London and NüVoices are co-hosting a wanel (women panel) on how to build a successful China-related career, featuring three experts – Katie Hunt, Ye Liu and Holly [ … ]
NüYear Drinks in DC – Welcome NüVoices to the US Capital!
Let’s welcome the Year of the Pig and toast to NüVoices in DC! Date: Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Joanna, chair of the NüVoices editorial collective, will be in town for our [ … ]
Opinion: Why women are leaving Hong Kong tech companies
BY ATHENA LAM The silence expanded beyond the empty seat she left behind, which is right in the middle of the technology company’s open office in Hong Kong. Everyone who [ … ]
Short Story from a Queer Woman: Tearing
BY ALICE XIN LIU I fell for Ostrich. I, a woman married to a man, fell for a woman. And it was one of the most amazing experiences… PING, a [ … ]
Podcast: Long-Form Magazine Writing With The New Yorker’s Jiayang Fan
In this episode of the NüVoices Podcast, Alice Xin Liu and Joanna Chiu are live from New York! Following a heady and successful launch of NüVoices’ first North American chapter, they reunite [ … ]
Personal Essay by a Chinese daughter: The half-truths we tell in times of sickness
BY WANG ZHEN My mother does not know she has grade three brain cancer. She knows she has brain cancer, and that the ugly thing needs to be taken out [ … ]
Community: A NüVoices gathering in London
BY NUALA GATHERCOLE LAM More than 25 China watchers, creators, academics and activists attended the first NüVoices London social gathering on November 23. Following launches in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, [ … ]
Podcast: Eleanor Goodman on the art of translating Chinese poetry
In the eighth episode of the NüVoices Podcast, Alice Xin Liu, writer and translator, interviews Eleanor Goodman with guest host Lijia Zhang, author of Socialism Is Great! and most recently Lotus, and board [ … ]
100+ attend NüVoices NYC launch and discussion on Chinese feminism
BY CINDY GAO NüVoices NYC’s launch event was a standing-room only success hosted at Verso Books on November 1, 2018. The all-female panel discussed contemporary feminist organizing in China against [ … ]